But all previous simple rules, from the gold standard to rigid money-supply targets, broke down.
TARP recipients must agree to limits on executive compensation, though those limits have become more rigid as more money has been doled out.
It may be good for their bank accounts, but the combination of unlimited money and rigid ideology is proving toxic for the most basic functioning of government.
Runaway inflation is usually the result of fiscal excess, financed by printing money, or rigid labour markets, which produce a wage-price spiral that the central bank fails to stop.
While certain organizations may take a more scrupulous or targeted approach than others, the political influence game is largely driven by money, not rigid ethical standards.
Or to save money, buy rigid PVC plumbing pipe (about $10 for a 10-ft section) and roll the backdrop up tightly and carefully.
Many carry substantial leverage and are quite rigid about the flow of money from clients.
(Children may have been freer back in the 70s, but parental roles were more rigid: the car and the money are Daddy's, while Mummy gets saddled with everything else. ) But no other book they've read so far, new or old, has given them more shared laughs than Jeremy James.
His rigid countenance reminded me that money, power and status cannot truly be conditions for happiness, nor can they define success or fulfillment.
Colombia's financial system, surprisingly, is among the most rigid and successful in protecting against money launderers.
Propped up by money from vested interests, the rigid two-party straitjacket has left the UK with a malfunctioning democracy and led to widespread public disillusionment.
